Online Mommy's Corner

My Daughter Needs New Sunday Dresses

2010-03-15T09:20:00.000+08:00

My daughter’s Sunday dresses are getting smaller and smaller for her. This is a sign that she’s getting bigger and taller. Since I am training her to dress properly, I do not allow her to wear shorts or jeans during worship services. It will be easier for her to wear skirts and dresses when she is older if she started it now.

I am already allotting some budget for her dresses. I am planning to buy her a smocked dress. It look elegant. I want her Sunday dresses to be the best for I want her to learn at a very young age that Sunday is God, and God deserves nothing but the best.

Desktop Computers @ Shopwiki

2009-11-09T23:57:00.003+08:00

As an IT professional, the major tool I need to accomplish my daily tasks is a computer. More than eight hours a day, I am in front of my desktop computer, whether I am in the office or I am working from home. It is vital for me that my computer is fast and capable to load several applications at a time. And of course, it is also a must that my keyboard and mouse are in good conditions and very convenient to use for long hours.

My husband is urging me buy a new set of keyboard and mouse because since I gave birth to my daughter, I’ve been experiencing pain on my wrist from time to time. There was even a time that I can’t moved my left hand without feeling any pain. And when I consulted an orthopedic doctor, he told me that the pain I was experiencing was due to CPS or carpal tunnel syndrome. My husband associated the pains with my keyboard and mouse I use. He is probably right. Especially, now that my mouse is not working properly all the time because it already fell on the floor several time.

We have been scouting for a good keyboard and mouse. We actually prefer the wireless keyboard and mouse. When I checked the different kinds of keyboards from Shopwiki.com, I realized that the split keyboard is the best for me because it helps reduce the chances of CPS. For mouse, I don’t have much specification except that it is ergonomic.

If you need help what mouse and keyboard is the best for you, you can check the shopwiki.com. You can also search shopwiki.com for the store that offers the best price. And of course, not only mice and keyboards are available at shopwiki.com, you can also search for Laptops and other computer peripherals offered by different stores.

Purse hooks

2009-08-31T14:27:00.001+08:00

I am not really a purse collector but I buy one if I really need it especially if I need it for a special occasion. But because I seldom go out nowadays, I don't have much chance to use them. But I make sure that they are well-kept so when I need to use them, they are still in good condition. I use purse hooks to keep them off from the dirt of floor. The purse hooks I have are just simple hooks. But if you prefer more fancy and decorative purse hooks or purse hangers, you can visit localhardwear.com for their purse hooks collection.

Proceed to http://www.mylenerabago.com/

2009-08-27T18:56:00.003+08:00

Please proceed to the new home of Online Mommy's Corner.
See you there!

To My Sponsors: All Paid Post are transferred to my new site including the links :)
To My Friends: Your links and badges are already in the new site. If you have time, please visit the to verify your links.

Thank you!

This site will be closing in months time.

Almost Done :)

2009-08-27T14:13:00.003+08:00

Friends, I am happy to inform you that my new site is already up. Your links and badges are already there too. Please visit the site to verify if I oversee any link. The site still needs more finishing touches but I think it is good to go for now.

Kindly update Online Mommy's Corner link to http://www.mylenerabago.com. I will still visit your sites later this day to give you my updated link one by one. Just like Mommy Pehpot did :)

I sincerely hope that you will still join me on my journey on my new site...

God Bless!

Migrating to Word Press

2009-08-26T14:17:00.002+08:00

I am in the process of migrating my site to Word Press. Since the rank of my current site returned to zero, I decided that this is the perfect time to migrate. I consider this event a blessing in disguise.

I bought a domain and hosting few months ago but haven't done anything on these yet., until now. I am planning to enter into hosting business. And since I will be selling hosting, it is only appropriate that my site is also hosted on my own hosting.

My main concern before was how to migrate my post and comments. I will really regret if I will not be able to transfer my posts since I've invested so much time writing them but it will be very tedious for me if I copy-paste them one by one. And how about the precious comments I received, should I just leave them behind?

But my concern is immediately answered. Word Press has a tool to migrate all the my posts including the comments . The biggest problem is solved in no time at all.

I am still constructing the page elements of my new site but as soon as I've put everything in there from my current site, I will visit all of the sites in my blog roll to provide each one of them new link.

I hope to see you there soon!

WFW - Isaiah 40:8

2009-08-26T00:03:00.001+08:00

I find this flower very beautiful and rare. The first time I saw this flower, I was really amazed of its beauty. According to the owner of the plant, it takes time before the plant yield a flower but its life would only last for a day. The flower fades as soon as the sun sets in the afternoon. What a short life!

But God's Word will never fade! It will remain fresh and true forever!
Glory to the God for His unchanging promises.

Please visit Forever His for more wonderful encouragement.

Tayong Dalawa New Schedule

2009-08-25T13:15:00.005+08:00

I missed last night's episode of Tayong Dalawa because of some adjustments on schedule of the telecast. The usual pass 9 pm schedule is now 8:30 pm. Their previous time slot is given to Dahil May Isang Ikaw starred by Jericho Rosales and the pretty Kristine Hermosa. The premiere telecast of the said teleserye was last night.

When I turned on the television last night, I only caught the "bangan" part of Tayong Dalawa. At first I could not believe that the episode has ended. Even my husband could not also believe. He was insisting that it was still early. I explained to him that Only You had ended last Friday so probably the schedule was adjusted instead of giving the slot to Nag-iisang Ikaw. After accepting to my self that Tayong Dalawa's episode was finished, I already turned off the TV. I don't want to add another addictive teleserye to my schedule. Tayong Dalawa is enough and once it ends, no more teleserye to watch. The stress Tayong Dalawa is giving me is more than enough LOL!

The Better Half Tag

2009-08-25T10:53:00.001+08:00

Thanks to Mommy Jes of My Little Angels for sharing this tag to me.

THE BETTER HALF

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Anime

2. You're out to eat, what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Hmm... ung dressing na lasang garlic :D

3. What's one food he doesn’t like? He eats almost everything, but if he has a choice, he doesn't want liver.

4. You go out to eat and have a drink, what does he order? Ice tea

5. What shirt size does he have? Medium

6. What shoe size does he have? 8

7. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Nothing in particular.

8. What would he eat everyday if he could? Ampalaya :D

9. What is his favorite cereal? None.

10. What would he never wear? swimming trunk?

11. What is his favorite sports team? None.

12. Who did he vote for? This is a vague question :D

13. Who is his best friend? Me? hehehehe

14. What is something he does, but you wish he wouldn't do? Watching anime!

15. What is his heritage? Filipino

16. You bake him a cake, what kind of cake? I don't bake cake :D

17. Did he play sports in high school? Volleyball

18. What could he spend hours doing? Watch TV & Sleeping

19. What is the unique talent that he has? He eats broken glasses, dances in fire... joke! He is very talented but his talent is not unique to himself. He can sing, play guitar, play piano.

20. What's his type of coffee? He prefers Milo or Milk than coffee

I doubt if there is one in my list who haven't done this tag so I won't pass it to any particular blogger. But if so happen that you haven't done this yet, please feel free to grab it and post it on your site. Drop a simple note so I can visit your entry :) Have a blessed Tuesday to all

Unplanned Swimming Getaway

2009-08-24T14:29:00.011+08:00

The initial plan was to have a day trip to Baguio last August 21 -we would leave Manila @ around 12 midnight of August 21 and we would leave Baguio around 6 pm of the same day. Worst come to worst, we might spend a night in Baguio if everybody would be too tired to travel home. This was my suggestion to my friend last August 16 because I knew that August 21 was a holiday and I was expecting the payment for the part-time work I've accepted. I gave my friend a heads -up regarding the status of my pay last Wednesday when we met at the prayer meeting. I told her that in case the money didn't arrive on Thursday morning, we might postpone our trip. Unfortunately, I didn't receive the payment. Of course, we can't go there without the money

The whole day of Thursday, my mind was set that my daughter and I would just stay at home and probably just have a walk in the afternoon of the next day. Early evening of Thursday, my friend texted me and suggested that we just proceed with the trip but with a nearer location. She suggested to go to Subic, have some swimming and go for a joy-ride. I was really hesitant because of budget though I am sure that my daughter and my husband would really enjoy the swimming. She kept on convincing me and promised to shoulder a bigger slice on the expense. After conferring with my husband, we decided to go.

It was really fun for my daughter and my husband. They enjoyed swimming especially my daughter because even when we were about to go home she was still insisting to swim. And I enjoyed watching them. This was also the first time my daughter to bath in the rain.

After the swimming we went to Club Morocco. The place is undoubted beautiful before but now, the place lost its life. The place is very lonely. I only noticed a guest or two and even the staffs were only few. According to my friend, the rates of this place is quite expensive. You can only get lower rates if you are a member. I don't know if the owner is still earning from this investment, but I am sure that the money invested in the place is really a big.

Anyway, I want to share with you some of the photos of our unplanned swimming trip.

This photo is quite deceiving. If you think Ska is standing by her own, you are wrong. My daughter was sitting on my husband's shoulder who was underwater.
Ska & Kuya Kyle

Swimming lesson with Daddy

Hindi na kinaya ng powers ni Ska

The following photos were taken at Club Morocco

My Little Miss

Mommy Moments - Rain, Rain Go Away

2009-08-20T20:45:00.004+08:00

This week's theme is Rain, Rain Go Away. This is a bit hard for me. I can't find the most appropriate photo for this week's theme. Anyway, the photos below are the nearest I can find.

As I shared with you before, my daughter has an acquired asthma. She's so sensitive with rain. If by accident she was showered with even just a drop of rain, next will be colds and fever, then her asthma attack. So whenever we need to go out and it is raining, she really need to be covered. If the destination is not church and it is raining, we prefer to stay home.

This photo was taken just recently, Sunday afternoon. We are about to go back to church to attend our evening worship service.
This was taken a year ago, Wednesday night. We were going to attend our midweek service.

Want to see more interesting entries? Visit The Mommy Journey.

Kreative Award

2009-08-20T12:38:00.006+08:00

Thanks to Mommy Yami of Mom Writes For A Cause for this Kreative Award.

The Rule is simple.

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

1. I am not conformist. I don't usually go with the flow.
2. I don't wear pants for years now.
3. I was not so friendly then especially during my younger years. I seldom exert effort to win friends. I can be happy though I am alone because happiness for me is a choice.
4. I am a daughter of a jeepney driver and a plain house-wife. I managed to finish my bachelor degree through SM Foundation.
5. I love pasta.

6. I am selling e-load for extra income
7. My favorite Bible verse is Galatians 3:20 which says "Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us."

I am passing this award to

Jes of My Little Angels
Denise of My Son and My Life
Hazel of Delineating Des
Mommy of Beyond Motherhood
Rose of Etcetera Etcetera
Tejan of Insights
Rache of Recaptured Moments

Tayong Dalawa Fever

2009-08-19T14:25:00.001+08:00

Tayong Dalawa is one of the Primetime Bida teleserye of ABS-CBN. This is the only TV program I watch regularly. How and when I started watching it, I can no longer remember. I just realized that this already part of my nightly routine, which is very unusual of me. I am a person who can live without TV because I am not really fond of watching TV shows. As a matter of fact, it was only early this year my husband and I bought a TV. For two years, we managed to live without a television.

Going back to "Tayong Dalawa," there are several reasons why I got enticed with this teleserye. First is, its fast-phase development of events. This is unusual for a Filipino teleserye if I am not mistaken. I was not able to watch it from the start. But since I started watching it, there were so many events and twists happened that most viewers didn't expect.

The first major event I remembered was the "death" of Dave or Lt. David Garcia Jr. Jake Cuenca, who played the role of Dave was out of scene for a week or so. My husband and I were speculating that the title was for Audrey and JR until it was shown on the commercial that Dave was still alive.

The second was when they discovered that Dave and JR were not half-brothers but real brothers and Marlyn is the true wife of David Garcia Sr. For me, this is the most draggy part that I almost quit watching the series.

The third was when Gretta, played by Alexandra de Rossi, accidentally shot JR. JR became critical and badly needed a kidney transplant which Dave took advantage to get Audrey back. When Audrey and Dave got married, many viewers, including me, were really disappointed. I was sure that there will be twist in the end. I was telling my husband that probably, Dave signed in behalf of JR since they have one name. My hope almost died until the time Dave wanted to bring Audrey in US and discovered that their marriage was not performed by a real judge and their marriage contract was not filed. Though my assumption was wrong, I am still right that there is a twist hahaha...

Another memorable event was the death of Mamita played by the respectable Helen Gamboa. Because of her death, JR was imprisoned. The change in Gerald's character suited him. He looked more masculine when he shaved his hair hehehe... But I felt really sad that Mamita's role was so short.

Then, the death of Ramon Lecumberri and the revelation of Uñango's identity. I was sure that time that Ramon was still alive although I was having a second thought that maybe Niko betrayed him to save himself. Niko's role is now bigger than I thought he will be. I thought he will remain just a sidekick of Ramon. Recently, it was revealed that he was Uñango's adopted son. His role as a loyal friend was replaced by a traitor.

This series is about to end this week, I thought. While it was being aired last night, the schedule of "Nag-iisang Ikaw" was being flashed. But I was wondering how can the station end this series in two more days based on the current scenes. Will this end abruptly just to end? I don' think that will be a good decision. If it will end, the ending should be a good one so the viewers will not be disappointed.

Cheers to the viewers of "Tayong Dalawa" because it is not the one which will end this Friday. It is Only You that needs to say goodbye! But I don't also want "Tayong Dalawa" to last long. I hope it will end on the time that it has to end, and I hope it will be soon so I can already stop watching TV again!

WFW - Philippians 4:19

2009-08-18T23:33:00.004+08:00

Last Sunday, during our morning worship service, my daughter fell asleep on my arms while I was carrying her. And while she was on my arms, I noticed that all she's wearing were given to her, from the dress to her shoes. And this verse came into my mind that moment.

God is true to His every Word. No promise is left unfulfilled. He knows our every need even before we ask. And He is so faithful to provide them and sometimes, He grants us even our wants.

I am thankful that I came to know Christ and I am complete in Him.

For more inspiring WFW, visit Critty Joy

Getting to Know Each Other!

2009-08-18T10:04:00.003+08:00

Thank you Mommy Yami of Mom Writes For a Cause for sharing this tag to me.
To do this, Create a New Blog Post, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as "Getting to Know Each Other!", then tagged as many people as you like :) Don't forget to leave a message to those you have tagged so that they will know :)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:00 a.m.

2. How do you like your steak? well done

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Can no longer remember :( been years since I entered a movie house.

4. What is your favorite TV show? series actually, Tayong Dalawa :D

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Australia

6. What did you have for breakfast? Pandesal, Pansit Canton, Coffee,

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian

8. What foods do you dislike? Saluyot

9. Favorite place to eat? Fazolli's

10. Favorite dressing? I don't know the names of the dressings :D

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? none

12. What are your favorite clothes? skirt, blouse, shirt

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Palawan and Sagada

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire? anywhere :D

16. Favorite time of day? nighttime

17. Where were you born? Caloocan

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? before basketball but now, none

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? hmm, don't know :D

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? not sure

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? All of them :D

22. Bird watcher? not really

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? night person

24. Do you have any pets? none

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Our plan to go to Baguio this weekend, Lord willing.

26. What did you want to be when you were little? lawyer :D

27. What is your best childhood memory? hmm...can't remember... mem0ry gap???

28. Are you a cat or dog person? none of the above, nyahahaha...

29. Are you married? Yes

30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes.

31. Been in a car accident? not yet

32. Any pet peeves? don't know what peeves mean :D hehehe

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? ham and cheeze calzone

34. Favorite Flower? nothing in particular

35. Favorite ice cream? Rocky Road

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Jollibee, for the love for my daughter :D

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Haven't take any

38. From whom did you get your last email? Magical Mystical Teacher

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Cherry Foodarama

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Like what

41. Like your job? Yes

42. Broccoli? Yummy and nutritious

43. What was your favorite vacation? Haven't had a vacation yet, only short trips and business trips :D

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Brian and project teammates

45. What are you listening to right now? I can hear the sound of the tv show my daughter is currently watching.

46. What is your favorite color? pastel color

47. How many tattoos do you have? none

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? three only

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 10:31 a.m.

50. Coffee drinker? YES!

I am sharing this to all those who are interested to grab this tag. Just let me know if you grab it so I can visit read your answers :)

Mellow Yellow Monday # 2 - Special Kids on Yellow

2009-08-17T08:39:00.007+08:00

I was scanning my photo repository when my eyes scanned these pictures. These were taken during one of the inter-school activities for special children. And yes, my youngest brother is a special child and loves to participate on this kind of activity. He has a mild down syndrome. He is the the boy with eye glasses on the first photo.

They maybe special in so many ways, but they can do things normal people can do. It was only sad that here on Philippines, the government does not have that much support and program for them.

Isn't they're cute in yellow? More photos in yellow? Visit http://yellowmellowmonday.blogspot.com.

Top Commenter Reward

2009-08-15T00:32:00.004+08:00

Blog hopping is one of the responsibilities included when a person entered the world of blogging. It is an activity in which a blogger visits the sites of other people (especially those who are in their blog roll), reading their posts and leaving a valuable comment. This isn't actually an easy task based on my experience. Aside from the time I allot in jumping from one blog to another and reading their posts, the most difficult part is to leave a worthy comment especially if I can't relate to the post they made. So there are times that though I visited a blog, I don't leave any footprints . Forgive me. But I find it more unfair to pretend that I can relate but in fact I can't. Realizing this fact, I am planning to give honor to my monthly top commenter by giving her/his a reward.

This is not a contest but simply my way of saying thank you for the effort and time spent by the commenter to visit my blog and shared his/her idea. The badge of the top commenter of the month will be place on my advertisement section. For the entire month, his/her button will occupy my 125x125 slot.

But this is the problem. Since I plan to do it on a monthly basis, I need to reset the count of the comments every month. The thing is, I don't know how to do it. I've been searching for the tweak this afternoon but can't find it. If someone knows how to do it, please share it with me and I will greatly appreciate it.

Since Mommy Chris of The Mommy Journey and Inspirational Insights is the current top commenter, one of her badge is now posted on the section. Her badge will run until the end of September. The next top commenter will be rewarded on the first day of October. Hopefully by that time, I already figure out how to reset the count of the comments.

Mommy Chris is one of the first bloggers who added my links on her list. Because of my memory gap, I can't remember how I landed to her site. But since then, I isit her site often because I find her posts informative and inspiring.

Mommy Chris, I really appreciate your effort and your time for frequently visiting my site. Though we haven't since each other yet, I consider you as one of my dearest friends in blogosphere.

Internet Access Slow Down

2009-08-14T16:14:00.003+08:00

Do you notice a tremendous slow down on your internet connection? Because I do. Why should I not notice it, more than twelve hours of my daily life is spent in front of my computer and internet connection is a very important tool for me to do my daily work. Without the internet connection, I won't be able to do anything. This is the heartbeat of my job as a senior developer.

I started to notice the slowdown after the storm Kiko few days ago. If I am not mistaken, the same storm cause a hotel in Taiwan to collapse. As a matter of fact, not only my internet connection at home is experiencing a drastic slow down but also our connection in the office and also my officemate's connection at home. I brought up this issue with my client in US last night because me and my teammates are really having a hard time just loading a single page of our project. Hence, slowing down the progress of our project.

He gave me a this link http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136558/Update_Asian_undersea_cable_disruption_slows_Internet_access?taxonomyId=16, in which it was reported that the a segment of the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) undersea cable network between China and Taiwan suffered a serious cable fault causing Internet traffic to be rerouted onto other undersea cables and slowing Internet access for some users in Southeast Asia. If I correctly recall it last 2006, same incident happen in which a powerful earthquake off the southern coast of Taiwan damaged several cables and slowed Internet access to a crawl for users in Southeast Asia.

But the slowdown started late last week and this undersea cable problem was only report last Wednesday. Now, I am thinking if this is really the cause of the slow down. Maybe, but was only discovered last Wednesday. So if you experience a slow down, we are on the same boat. We can just hope that whatever the cause of the slow down will be fixed soon.

Mommy Moments - I Gotta Wear Shades

2009-08-13T22:30:00.000+08:00

Friday once again and Mommy moments again. This week's theme is "I Gotta Wear Shades".
Enjoy my daughter's shades moments below.

my daughter's first time to wear shades

more shades moment of Ska

Visit The Mommy Journey for more shades moments.

Late Night Peace

2009-08-13T00:34:00.005+08:00

Obviously, it is already late, but believe it or not, I am still fully-awake. Since it is already late, all of the people living in the four corner of our house are now fast asleep, all except me. The silence of the night is deafening so I logged on to imeem.com using my husband's account to listen to some songs. Unfortunately, imeem.com now is way different from the imeem.com that I knew and used before. I couldn't find the collection of songs I bookmarked before and whenever I tried to search there was an ad window kept on popping up. And when I finally found an interesting song, I couldn't play the entire song, unlike before. The song can only be played for thirty second. This made me feel sad.

So I jumped out of imeem.com and ask Mr. Google what other sites offer free music streaming. To my dismay, the top sites on the search result do not offer free streaming to our country . Should I get mad to this music streaming companies who offer services to other countries except my country? Nah. They own their company and they can do whatever they want with their company. They can serve whoever they want to serve and offer their products to whom they want to offer them. And if they don't see Philippines as a market, it is their right and choice. Getting mad on them wouldn't do me any good but simply ruin my mood. The best thing I could do is close the browser and go back to Mr. Google.

While trying to hit the search button again, I remembered the e-radio station which my husband added to our favorite list long time ago. I tried to access the site and I was so happy to know that it is still working.

I found peace on the songs played and blessed with the message delivered over the e-radio. I find it peaceful to hear familiar hymns, they comfort my soul. Once again, God showered me with spiritual blessings through His message.

If you have time and want to find some peace and blessings, visit Heaven 88.7 FM.

This is not a paid post.

Book Tag

2009-08-12T10:35:00.002+08:00

This is a long due tag passed to me by Mommy Chris of The Mommy Journey. Thanks mommy Chris for sharing this tag to me and I am really sorry for not able to post it immediately. My plate is quite full nowadays.

Here are the rules!

1. Collect the book that you have most handy.
The book I chose is Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life. This book lead the readers how to live a life with purpose and unrevealed the true purposes of life.

2. Turn to page 161

3. Find the 5th complete sentence

4. Cite the sentence on your blog
The 5th sentence says "Nothing on earth is more valuable to God than his church."

5. Pass it on to 5 other

I am passing this tag to the following mommy bloggers :)
Dothy of Dothy's World,
Yami of Mom Writes for a Cause,
Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts,
Shiela of A Blessed Life &
Pehpot of Make or Break.

WFW - Hebrews 9:27

2009-08-11T23:59:00.001+08:00

This is supposed to be posted last Wednesday but because of my unpredictable schedule, I was not able to finish it.

The death and burial of our late president, Mrs. Corazon C. Aquino, were still fresh in the minds and hearts of most Filipinos, especially to those who are really close to the her. And not too long ago, the world was surprised (or should I say shocked?) by the death of the famous "King of Pop", Michael Jackson.

Death is truly painful, as a matter of fact, any form of parting is painful. But if we take a look on the Word of God, we will know that death is inevitable. All of us will soon face death; when, how, and where are the questions we don't know the answer yet. But aside from our physical death, there is one thing that is more important which we need to prepare for, the JUDGMENT. Just like death, all of us will be judged after we die physically. The question we need to ask ourselves is how prepare are we for the JUDGMENT day?

More word of truth? Visit http://the160acrewoods.com/

Mellow Yellow Monday #1

2009-08-11T13:20:00.002+08:00

This is my first time to join this meme! Thanks Dothy for sharing the link to me.

A Yellow Bell flower

Now, it's on my daughter's ear :)

I ♥ Faces - Crazy, Silly, Funny Faces

2009-08-11T08:31:00.002+08:00

This week photo challenge theme is "Crazy, Funny, Silly Faces," and "Pet". And here is my entry for the challenge.

I can't remember the reason why my daughter was laughing with all her heart on this photo. But I find the way she laughed here very funny. Her faces was really different from her other photos. She just recovered from her sickness when the photo was taken and her hair was not yet fully grown after we bald her after her first birthday. This is the reason why she looked hilarious on this picture.

Want to see more? Head to I ♥ Faces

Mommy Moments - Part Of The Family

2009-08-06T22:49:00.003+08:00

Today is Friday again! Excited to see other Mommy Moment's entry? Head to The Mommy Journey for more fun-filled entries!

This week theme is all about our kid's favorite cousin, aunt, uncle or godparent. So today, I will feature my daughter's favorite ninong (godfather), Daryl.

Daryl is a family-friend and hubby's kababayan, a Mindanaoan. He is a full-time worker in our church. He is our pianist, a good pianist as a matter of fact. He is always visits my daughter whenever he is free. He showered my daughter with so many sweet little things, from books, cds, colors, stickers to huggable stuff toys. When my daughter was in the stage that she don't like guys, she would still come to Daryl. And now that my daughter can already say some words, she would usually utter Daryl's name but with little variation. Instead of Daryl, my daughter call him Darish.

When my hubby and I need to go somewhere and we can't bring my daughter with us, I am confident to entrust my daughter to Daryl because I know that he would take care of her as if her own.

Daryl is one of God's great blessing to our family. We consider him more than a friend. fFr us, he is part of our family.

Back To Zero But Still Thankful

2009-08-06T13:22:00.004+08:00

Just this morning, I discovered that my previous google page rank of 1 was reverted to 0.

Honestly, I was a bit disappointed. I don't know why it happened. I get ranked after 3 months of blogging and was able to maintain it for the past few months. I was even hoping and praying that onlinemommy gets a higher rank so I can qualify for more paid post opportunities.

But on the brighter side, I am still thankful that I was ranked and had the chance to earn some extra cents. And most importantly, I had the chance to learn many things in reading other moms' entries through blog hopping and I earned some virtual friends. I may not have the chance to see them personally but I am blessed to know them through their insights and posts.

My blogging life didn't start in a rank and it will never end with a rank either. With or without rank, I will continue to share my thoughts, stands, experience to others. If I will have the chance to earn extra money through blogging, it is just a bonus.

So, happy and enjoyable blogging to all!

Non-Working Holidays for the Month of August, 2009

2009-08-03T11:07:00.006+08:00

In respect and honor for our former President, Mrs. Corazon Aquino, Malacañang declared August 5 as a special non-working holiday. On this day, the remains of Mrs. Aquino will be buried beside her husband, Ninoy Aquino, at the Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque. Malacañang also declared August 1 to August 10, as the National Mourning week for the late president.

Another non-working holiday is on August 21, in celebration of Ninoy Aquino Day. This holiday is a Friday so we have another long weekend, yippeee!

For Quezon City residents, August 19 is also a holiday in celebration of Quezon City Day!

The last but not the least holiday in August is the last Monday of the month, 31st of August, in celebration of National Heroes Day!

Two long weekends which we can use to rest or spend quality time with our love ones. Start planning now to maximize these long weekends!

Have a great weekend!

Mommy Moments - Look At The Mess

2009-07-31T15:47:00.005+08:00

It is not a tradition in our house to celebrate my daughter's month day. On her ninth month, I don't know what entered to my mind, but I bought my daughter a half-roll Ube cake. So this is the result. A really mess! But a cute one, isn't?

You can click to view the larger version of the image.

Happy Mommy Moments

Restaurant City Is Under Maintenance Again - Updated

2009-07-31T14:46:00.007+08:00

Just last Tuesday, July 28, 2009, Playfish, developer of Restaurant City, conducted a maintenance update. Now, there is another maintenance :( The last update took quite long that many players already posted their impatience on Playfish's site. Two maintenance in a week, Hmm... that is something.

Were they not able to finish their update last time or they really need to patch some defects? Whatever the reason maybe, many players will be disappointed for sure. I hope the updates today will not be very long.

UPDATED:

I realized that not only the Restaurant City is down, but all Playfish's games including Word Challenge and Who Has the Biggest Brain. Sad :(

Proverbs 22:6

2009-07-29T06:52:00.003+08:00

This is a constant reminder to me as a mom that while my child is still young, I should already train or raise her the way I should want her to be in the future. And being aware of my imperfections, faults, and limitations, I cease not to pray that God will fill-in my short-comings as a mother and that He help me and guide me to be a mother that He wants me to be.

Don't want your child to go astray? Now is the perfect time to train him/her.
Have a blessed Wednesday.

An Unusual Monday

2009-07-27T13:33:00.003+08:00

When I woke up this morning, (I woke up a little bit late) I heard the voices of the kids in the neighborhood. They were already playing. Hmmm, very unusual because today is Monday and supposedly, they already off to school by that time.

I started preparing for office because Monday and Thursday are the usual days I report to office. After saying goodbye to my hubby and getting so many kisses from my little darling, I headed to the bus stop where I usually wait for the bus going to MRT Station, North Edsa. By that I time, the buses are usually fully loaded with passengers and the passengers can even exchange faces because their nearness to each other. But today, I was still able to get a seat and no one is standing on the aisle of the the bus. There were even some few vacant seats.

I rode off the bus at MRT North Avenue Station to transfer to an FX going to Ortigas. When I got to the FX terminal the usual long line of commuters was no where to found. Instead of commuters, few FXs were lined up waiting for passengers. Big deal for me because I don't need to line up and get all the smell of the food being sold in the terminal before I get my turn to ride on the FX.

And finally, the most unusual thing this morning was that EDSA was not congested with vehicles and my travel from North Avenue to Ortigas was very fast, so fast that I was not able to get a nap during my trip,LOL!

Very unusual but a blessed Monday! I seldom experience this kind of Monday. Thanks to SONA and heavy rain yesterday because some classes were suspended today. This was the reason why my Monday was not a panic and rushing Monday.

I ♥ Faces - At the Beach

2009-07-27T11:39:00.007+08:00

This picture was taken May 12 of last year @ Puerto Galera.
This was my daughter's second time to be on a beach.
She was so calm.

Adorable Blog Award

2009-07-25T00:19:00.004+08:00

I received this award from the first few friends I met in blogosphere, Mommy Chris of The Mommy Journey and Jes of My Little Angels.

Here are the rules for the Adorable Blog Award:
1. Include the award logo in your blog or post.
2. Nominate as many blogs which you like.
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

And I am passing this to the adorable blogs in my list namely,

Yami of Mom Writes For A Cause,
Pehpot of Make or Break,
Darly of Me, Myself and Darly,
Beth of All About Elizabe th,
Jetnah of Insight
and
Chris of Inspirational Insights

Mommy Chris, I really apologize, I almost forgot to post this award. My forgetfulness attacks! Nyahahaha...

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays - No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus

2009-07-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

This is my first time to join this weekly meme and my sincere desire is for you to be blessed by the message of the song just like how it's blessing to me.

The song I am sharing is entitled "No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus"

The songs reminded me that God's love for me is the greatest love and the way He cared for me is incomparable. No one will ever care for me just the way He cared me.

I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus
Since I found in Him a friend so strong and true;
I would tell you how He chang'd my life completely
He did something that no other friend could do.

Refrain:
No one ever cared for me like Jesus,
There's no other friend so kind as He;
No one else could take the sin and darkness from me
O how much He cared for me!

All my life was full of sin when Jesus found me,
All my heart was full of misery and woe;
Jesus placed His strong and loving arms around me,
And He led me in the way I ought to go.

Ev'ry day He comes to me with new assurance,
More and more I understand His words of love;
But I'll never know just why He came to save me,
Till some day I see His blessed face above.

To God Be the Glory!

Mommy Moments - First Steps

2009-07-24T08:35:00.009+08:00

Today's Mommy Moment's theme is First Steps. Unfortunately, I was not able to capture my daughter's first steps because the first time she walked by her own was during unexpected time.

Like what I frequently mentioned in this blog, my daughter was a bit late when she started walking. This maybe attributed to the fact that she was not an active baby. She's been sleeping most of the time during the first year of her life. And I think she was traumatized when my husband was trying to let her stand alone. This may also caused her delayed walking.

The first time she walked was in church. She herself didn't realized that she can already walked. She was trying to run after another baby in our church while I was holding her at the back through her sleeveless jacket. While she was running after the baby, I would let her run alone without her noticing that I already freed her up. I was really surprised that she can already walk by herself but once she realized that I no longer hold her, she would sit down and would just crawl. She was already one year and four months that time.

After few months more, she's more confident to walk by herself and now she can endure to walk farther distances.

She was only six months when she started to use her walker, but not for so long because our helper broke it without telling us. When Ska used it again, she was hurt and since then, she no longer want to use her walker.

Her crib helped her exercised her legs and knees. She can walk inside the playpen while holding on the wooden bars.

This was the time when my husband was letting her stand by herself while leaning on the wall. He was trying my daughter if she can walk by herself, but my daughter was traumatized instead.

Two things I learned from this milestone. First, each child has his/her own time. We can't force him/her but we can give some means to help them. Second, child's trust and confidence can easily be broken, so we should be careful with it.

Happy Mommy Moments!

Constipation

2009-07-22T22:15:00.002+08:00

Constipation is not only for adult, I realized. I don't know if this condition can be inherited, if so, my daughter probably get it from me then.

Since my daughter's milk was changed, (she used to be Kapanatag, but we switched to EnfaGrow - will tell some other time the reason), she always having difficulty defecating. If you see her doing her labor, you will really pity her. She's all Red and really in pain but she don't want to be helped. This might also be the reason why she does want to poo in her potty nor in the toilet bowl. There were even times that there were traces of blood in her poops. My husband were planning to try another milk again if her this condition has no improvement.

The information I got from my What to Expect subscription is very timely. Included in my subscription is an article about about Toddler's Poop Problem. I know that my daughter is not alone in this condition. You might be on the same boat too but was not able to receive the email subscription. I am sharing this because it might help you.

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Symptoms

Constipation does not mean going a few days without pooping. The true and obvious symptom of constipation is when you child is producting small, round and hard stool. Very similar to goat's stool. Another sign that your child is blocked up is when you see your child's face scrunching, extra grunting, and having difficulty pushing that poop.

Reasons

Your child's diet may not contain high-fiber foods.
Your child's fluid intake is not enough.
Or simply ignore the urge to poop.

Tactics

Serve high-fiber foods such as fresh fruits, dried fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Offer four to six ounces a day of prune juice or pear juice until the problem clears up.
Encourage your child to drink water to help soften stools.
Go easy on high-fat foods as well as those that are high in sugar; they can be binding.
Make sure your child is exercising regularly, even if it’s just a quick romp in the backyard or an after-dinner walk up the street. This will help get his digestive system to move things along.
If all else fails, ask your pediatrician about giving your toddler a stool softener such as MiraLAX or Metamucil. And as a last resort, you might consider a laxative.

I hope these information helps. If you want more detailed info, you may visit What To Expect site.

Word Challenge | Facebook Game

2009-07-22T09:27:00.006+08:00

Facebook is not just a social community but also a game hub. More and more game makers are integrating their application in Facebook. Playfish is one of them.

One of the most played games in Facebook developed by Playfish is Word Challenge. This is a good game because it can be finished for only few minutes. The game is very similar with Text Twist, if you are familiar with this game. The only difference is that you get a rank every after game based on the score you get and your score is compared to your other friend's score. For more review and tip for this game, you can click here

Anyways, I do play this game once in a while, specially if I need to release some stress and I only have few minutes. I get curious on the different ranks so I do some research what are the equivalent ranks for the scores. This is what I found from their forum. Enjoy!

I... Love... You...

2009-07-18T07:58:00.000+08:00

Every mom (or probably even dads) would love to hear their little ones hear the three magic words and I am not an exception to the rule. I would love to hear my daughter utter these words to me. I've been telling these words to her since she was born (and of course my husband too) so I am excited for her to return it to me, lol!

Actually, she can already repeat the words after we say it whenever we asked her to do so. And there are words she can already say clearly like milk, toys, book, eat, fan and many more. But she seldom completes a two-word phrase by herself. Most probably, she would completely say the first word and just the last syllable of the second word or vice versa, which ever word is easier for her to pronounce.

Going back to the three magic word, what we are doing with her is to let him repeat the word I, then she can already proceed with the remaining two words. So I was surprised last Wednesday because she was able to complete the magic words without any initiation from any one though the timing wasn't very appropriate. She yelled the words during our midweek evening service nyahahaha....

This was how it happened. She stood up in the bench where my husband, she and I were seating. She was between me and my husband and we were seating on the second row of the third column. Since our attendance during Wednesday is less than half of our Sunday population, most goers would seat in the middle column. We were only the one seating on that column for the purpose that she will not disturbed anyone during the service. When she stood up, I didn't mind her since she was not making any noise. She was just smiling and moving her hands. But not so long, she started saying I... Love... You! Her voice was in increasing tone and she was facing the other members as if she was telling them the words. I immediately put her down and whispered to her to keep quiet. Good that our pastor is already immuned with such distraction and is no longer affected. Some members were smiling at her that I feel so embarrased. But I was so happy deep inside because she can completely and clearly say "I love you."

Towel Wrap (Tapis)

2009-07-17T11:23:00.011+08:00

Whenever I have the luxury of time, one of the things I enjoy doing with my daughter is taking a bath together. My daughter also loves this bonding session because she has a chance to play with the water longer. She also enjoys it when I pour the water on my head and she is standing in front of me. She would also instruct to me sit so she can pour the water on me. I enjoy hearing her giggling. And she would not get out of the bathroom without her tapis (towel wrap). She's only using her towelette as towel wrap.
My daughter will surely love the mint bath towel wraps in Posy Lane. They are in nine different colors and available in Adult, Teen and Children sizes. The towels can also be personalized with a name or a monogram. It will definitely be cute if we will have the same color of towel wrap, don't you think so? My daughter might want to take a bath every hour just to use the soft and attractive towel wrap :D

Not only colorful towel wraps are available in Posy Lane, but also laundry ba gs and
kindergarten nap mats. The laundry bag is very convenient to use because of its shoulder strap. You can bring your dirty clothes nicely and neatly using this laundry bag. The laundry bags match the colors of the towel wrap, so you can combine them to create as a perfect gift package.

The kindergarten nap mats are really adorable. If I have the budget, I will get one for my daughter. The mats are lined with nylons and padded with cotton which made them comfortable for kids. Each mat is complete with a soft fleece blanket and soft pillow. It can also be rolled-up then closed with Velcro closure and carried using the carrying strap. Very convenient and space saver, isn't?

If you are tired of giving usual gift and wish to give something new, you can head to posylane.com for more fun and uplifting gifts.

Momments? Moments??

2009-07-17T01:17:00.005+08:00

I've been participating in Mommy Moments for quite sometimes now and for all those times, my spelling of moment is wrong, lol! I only discovered it this morning. And nobody had the guts to correct me huh?! Just kidding hehehe... I don't know who among you noticed the misspelled word but were just to shy to inform me. Anyway, going forward, I will be using Moments and not Momments. I changed all the labels of the mommy moments entry but it will be very tedious for me to replace all the titles with the correct spelling. Could you do me favor? Could you just ignore misspelled word :D and forgive my negligence :D That is the result of sleepless nights hahaha....

If you see something wrong with my grammar or spelling, please don't hesitate to let me know. I will be very happy to stand corrected.

Night!

Mommy Moments - Playing Time

2009-07-16T07:59:00.009+08:00

Today's theme for Mommy Moments is Playing Time. I guess, all kids love to play. Although, they might have different preferences on the type of game to play, the fact remains that they still enjoy playing. And I believe that this is something that no single child must be deprived of whatever the circumstances maybe. This is every child's right.

Playing is not just for fun though this is the primary and most obvious reason. Playing also helps a child to develop and improve his/her locomotor skills. And if there is a chance to interact with other kids while playing, this is a good opportunity to develop the child's interpersonal skills.

For my daughter, we encourage her to enjoy some outdoor activities because she walked a bit late. If the weather is good, we bring her out in the morning for a walk and in the afternoon, we bring her to the playground. And since, there are other kids in the playground, she get the chance to interact with other kids. During holidays, we also bring her somewhere to her expose her to other places.

These pictures were taken at Toy Kingdom Megamall.

Early this year, when I passed by this store going home from work, I noticed that the store was exhibiting these kinds of recreational equipments for toddlers. I knew that I can't afford to buy these for my daughter. So when I reached home I shared this with my husband and we planned to bring our daughter there the next time I report to office for her to experience these kind of equipments. Good thing was, the sales personnel allowed the kids to play with the equipments. And my daughter really had a great time playing with these giant toys for free.

The following photos were taken at Rizal Park last June 12

My daughter was enjoying the grass on the spacious ground :D

The playground is at the back of the Grand stand. When facing the Ocean Park, it is on the right most part. The playground is very suitable for kids because the flooring is made of rubber. Again, this is also free :)

Who says we need money to make our little ones happy? There are still many free things that would make our children happy. Let's maximize them :D

Did you enjoy this entry? You wish to see more? Head to Mommy Journey and play with us!

A More Beautiful Morning

2009-07-16T06:00:00.000+08:00

Every morning, every time I woke up, the first thing I do is to thank God for keeping me safe the whole night and giving me another day to sojourn in this world. I also pray for guidance and wisdom for the entire day so I can accomplish the things that He wants me to accomplish.

But there is one thing that makes my morning more beautiful, it beats the bright sun or the dazzling rain in the morning. It makes my morning complete. It is none other than my daughter's smile whenever she woke up in the morning. It brings joy whenever I see my daughter smile. She can turn my world upside down by her smile. It is very unusual for my daughter to cry whenever she woke up. Only when she is sick or her sleep is disturbed. Other than those circumstances,I can always expect a smile when she wakes up.

What a wonderful blessing, isn't? How about you? What makes your morning more beautiful?

CAPTCHA Problem

2009-07-15T08:39:00.005+08:00

For days now, I am wondering why I do not receive any comment from other moms, saved Mommy Chris and Mommy Tetcha. I started to think if I did or posted something which offended other moms. I requested Dothy of Dothy's World to visit my blog and checked if she encountered any error. But there was none. We failed to test the comment-posting process. Unfortunately, the problem was there. When I tested it, the Captcha was not displaying properly and the textbox which captures the user's input was not displayed. So nobody can post a comment. To fix of this problem, change the comment setting to Full Page or Pop-up.

I greatly appreciate Mommy Pehpot's of Make and Break effort to inform me about the problem. She's been trying to reach me but she cannot think a way until she remembered my disclosure policy where my email address is included. She's ver witty indeed. Even I wouldn't be able to think that immediately considering my site is very conservative when it comes to disclosure of personal identification. Mommy Pehpot, many many thanks from the bottom of my heart. I am very thankful to have a blogosphere friend like you.

Dinner with High School Friends

2009-07-13T11:25:00.007+08:00

I had a wonderful Sunday night. Aside from the wonderful worship service message I heard about possessing God's promises, I had a dinner with my high school friends at Conti's Trinoma. I was not able to take some pictures because it was an unplanned event and I was not able to bring my camera.

Okay, first thing first. Saturday evening, around 11 pm, an unregistered number is calling my phone. When I answered it, I heard an unexpected but familiar voice. I was really surprised and happy. It was my high school classmate and friend who is now based in US. She just came back last Friday and was asking if we could the next day with our other friend. I don't usually go out on a Sunday because of church activities so I told her that I will just follow. They can meet earlier and will join them after our evening service. I realized that I missed her for the years that she was not here and I was excited to meet her again.

Last night, around 7:30 pm, after our evening worship service, I headed to Trinoma. I can't convinced my husband to go with me so I have no choice but to leave my daughter with him and meet my friends alone. According to him, he was shy to meet my friends. Although, I want my friends to see him and our daughter, I didn't obliged him to go with me. I respect his decision.

Because of traffic, the supposedly ten-minute travel became an hour. Hay... I was already excited that I kept on moving on my seat, lol! The cab driver might be thinking that I was having a diarrhea.

Finally, I met my long-time-no-see friends. Actually, it was not only my balikbayan friend that I seldom see, but also my other friends because I really seldom go out. We were only four last night. There was one who could not make because she brought home some work and need to finish them. But nonetheless, the dinner turned-out great. We get updated on each other's lives and it is wonderful to know that all of them are doing good. Although, my balikbayan friend experienced some family-related problems on her first few years in US, it is good to know that she is now OK The other two is also doing great on their own field. It is good to know that now, I have a friend who is a doctor, a bank officer, and a nurse. Our alma mater, Quezon City Scienc e High School, played a big part on our careers now. I wonder about our other classmates and batchmates. How are they after fourteen years?

Aside from the great chit-chat, we also had a great dinner. The food served in Conti's were great. It was my first time there. I order the Chicken Roulade and I was very satisfied with it. We also order Mango Salad and Cheese Pop for appetizer and Mango Bravo for dessert. I was really full when we decided say goodbye. We planned to meet again before our balikbayan friend return to US.

Mango Bravo

Chicken Roulade

Spread the Love Award

2009-07-11T14:36:00.005+08:00

Mommy Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts pass this award to me. Thanks mommy for remembering me to be one of the recipients of this award. Your thought is much appreciated.

I am passing this award to the following great moms:

Darly of Me, Myself and Darly,
teJan of Insights,
chubskulit of Etcetera Etcetera,
Chris of The Mommy Journey ,
Ench of Sweet Nothing,
Pehpot of Make or Break,
Pinay Mama of A Momma's Journal,
Shiela of A Blessed Life,
Twinkie of Twinkie Calls,
Gven Rose of Deeply Inlove, &
Jes of My Little Angels

Mommy Momments - Pouty Face

2009-07-10T12:49:00.005+08:00

Mommy Momments once again. Today's theme is Pouting Face. According to YourDictionary.com, pouty means protruding: said of the lips. Here is my entry for this week's Mommy Momments.

My daughter loves to pout her lips ever since. This is her father's influence to her :D

Love to see more pouty faces? Please head to The Mommy Journey Mommy Momments.

Received My First Payment for My First Paid Post

2009-07-10T00:01:00.005+08:00

This morning, when I opened my email, I noticed that there were two mails which came from PayPerPost. I immediately read the first and I was so happy to know that it was a notification stating that the payment for the post I made was already sent to PayPal. I hurriedly logged on to my PayPal account and there it was, my first ever earning from blogging, lol! The amount is really very small, but the important thing is, I proved to myself that PayPerPost is real and not just a hoax company. I hope that I can get more opps in the coming days :D

Clarification From Malacañang

2009-07-09T23:28:00.002+08:00

Malacañang retracted their first statement that July 27 is a non-working holiday in celebration of INC day. You can check the link shared by Mommy Chris for more details. July 27 is a working holiday according to Malacañang. Was it an honest mistake?

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against INC members personally. What I am really after at is the reason behind. We have so many holidays actually and I will be a hypocrite if I will tell you that I do not enjoy them. Of course, holiday is another whole day for me to bond with my daughter and be with my husband mentally and physically. Aside from that, I will still be paid though I don't need to work. For others who are required to report to work during holidays, they will have additional pay. But how about those who are belongs to the no-work-no-pay group? Will they be also happy on this kind of adhoc holidays? I don't think so.

Holiday (non-working) is good and I surely love it for personal reasons but I don't think it is acceptable to use it as bribe for more votes. Let us be wise like a serpent but harmless as a dove. Let us not be deceived by delectable gourmet that will poison our bodies and mind.

July 27 Declared as Non-Working Holiday

2009-07-08T15:45:00.005+08:00

Just this morning, my former office mate pinged me in YM the link of the article in inquirer.net stating that July 27 was declared as "INC Day" a non-working holiday. I am wondering why? Is it only because our president is fond of holidays or is there any deeper reason for this? She cannot claim that this is because majority of the Filipinos are members of INC because definitely, it's not. She's not even an INC. Is there another political agenda for this considering that this group claims that all their members unanimously vote for the candidates chosen by their leaders? If the government gave INC a national holiday, all other sect should also be given the same privilege. Don't you think so? There should also be a Catholic Day, JIL Day, Baptist Day, Pentecostal Day and other religious group Day!

Our constitution is clear about the separation of state and church but in the last elections , I observed that many politicians were using religious groups just to win a post. Just like my daughter's expression for dirt, "EWE". Politicians are getting desparate and more desparate for power, wealth and popularity that they don't mind to use whomever they can use just to win. I just hope that religious groups will not be deceived by their flowery words.

Let us pray for an upright, god-fearing and courageous men and women who will serve our country.

A Chain and An Award

2009-07-06T21:50:00.004+08:00

Thank you Mommy Ench of Sweet Nothing for passing this Friendship Chain to me. Though, I've already posted this once, it is my pleasure to post it again.

Rules :

1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1.Picturing of Life 2. Juliana’s Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space5.My Family is my Life 6. The Simple Life of a Baghag 7. On A Wonderful Day Like Today 8. House Everything 9. The Creativity in Me 10. Travel and Photography 11. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 12. You Are My Sunshine 13.Song to Remember 14. Super Blog 15. Philiippine Tv Marathon 16.Simply Blue 17. Breaking the Boundaries 18. Top Five 19. A Simple Life 20. Simple Happy Life 21. A Great Pleasure 22. Glossa~licious 23. Time Goes By 24. Sweet Nothings 25. Online Mommy's Corner!

~~End Copy~~

I am passing to my new found friend in blogsphere namely:

Make or Break

Etcetera Etcetera,
Home and Parenting,

Me, Myself and Darly,

Insights,

All about Elizabeth,

Mom writes for a cause, &

Dorothy Ababon

Thank you Mommy Yami of Mom Writes for a Cause for this lovely award. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.

I want to share this award to

Sweet Nothings,

Pensive Thoughts,

All about Elizabeth,

Insights, &
The Mommy Journey

Disappointed with my 1st ArtsCow Project

2009-07-06T14:23:00.007+08:00

My first order with ArtsCow.com has arrived. Actually, only a notification from Central Post Office was delivered to our place. I had to pick up the parcel from the Post Office.

It's an 8x8 hard cover photo book. I ordered it last June 80. I used the photos taken during my wedding two-years ago. Unfortunately, my expectation was not really met. Maybe I was expecting too much. I am not satisfied with the actual print out. The print out didn't get the actual colors and the images were liked polarized. If it is because of the resolution of the pictures, I really don't know. The preview of the photo book is great but the actual product is unsatisfactory. The materials used for the pages is nice and the way it was shipped is commendable because the ArtsCow ensures that the item cannot be folded.

For me to find out if this is a picture resolution problem, I will wait for another photo book promo (hope they still have one), and will try another set of photos. This time, I will prepare and use my daughter's pictures with high-resolution just to make sure if the output is still not good, it is not an image resolution problem.

Dressing Up Filipino 101, Missed Mommy Momments

2009-07-03T03:08:00.009+08:00

Wondering why I am not so visible nowadays? Hmm, I am busy dressing-up my other blog, the e-filipino101. I neglected that site too much. Since the school year started, I noticed that the site is getting more visitors everyday. As a matter of fact, e-filipino101 has more daily visitors than this blog although I seldom have the time to update that blog. Maybe because many students were looking for resource materials for Filipino.

I think I owe that blog a more decent dress... (forgive me if you disagree hehehe). The template need more finishing touches but almost done.

Mommy Chris, please forgive dear, co'z I won't still be able to join the Mommy Momments :( as much as I want to. I have no picture of myself, my husband, nor my daughter that is appropriate with the theme. I will try my best to join the next week's theme.

For those who already grabbed my badge, my sincere thanks. I also hope that you will not remove my badge. I am planning to setup an exclusive page for the badges alone. I promise to grab your badges too once I setup this badge page. Just hold on please...

Fussy Baby

2009-07-01T07:34:00.006+08:00

Since Sunday night, my daughter has been crying from time to time because of what she feels. But good that she can easily be pacified. Unlike a colic baby, that no matter what you do, the baby wouldn't just stopped crying.

Speaking of colic baby, this is sometimes irritating and frustrating for parents at times but normal to some babies. I remember the complaint of my church mate when she gave birth to her first baby. Her baby would cry for hours no matter what she do to pacify her . Her sister-in-law, (who grew up in the province) put some ginger, onion and garlic on the baby's navel telling her that this how they do it in their province to treat the fussy baby. Unfortunately, this action caused infection on the baby's navel and the baby was confined to the hospital. They spent more than a hundred thousand for the medication and treatment because the infection almost reached the baby's brain.

How I wish I already knew Colic Calm.com that time so I can share it with my church mate. This site provides information about colic remedies and how to treat baby acid correctly. The hospitalization expense and the infection should have been avoided.

For sure, there are other mommies who might have a colic or fussy baby. You may check Colic Calm for more information.

July 2: Pasig City Day - Declared Special Non-Working Holiday

2009-07-01T07:12:00.001+08:00

Our admin staff sent an email stating that July 2, Thursday, is a non-working Holiday for us in celebration of Pasig Day. This is a good time to rest after being stressed with my daughter's coughs and colds. I have two less- sleep nights and and still need to work in the day time. I feel so tired.

I am thankful to God that my daughter is a little better now. She was able to sleep the entire night last night but her breathing is not yet fully normal. It was my hubby who made her slept last night because my eyes can no longer open because of sleepiness. I don't know what time they slept last night, but when I woke up in the middle of the night, they were both sleeping already.

July 2 is a very timing day-off. I hope my daughter will continue to get better so I can have that day as a rest day.

Overweight

2009-06-29T14:48:00.007+08:00

During my lunch break, I went out to buy my daughter medicine for her colds and cough. Yes, my daughter has a colds and cough again. A month has not passed yet when she had her last colds and cough. And it is no fun when our child is sick, right?

Anyways, after paying the med, I noticed that nobody was using the machine installed in Mercury outlets for measuring the weight and height(I forgot the name of the machine). I also have a five-peso coin so I decided to get my measurement.

After measuring all the factors need to be measure, the result was printed-out. The result indicated that the ideal weight for my height is only 55.3 Kg but I am 61.6 kg to my dismay. I am overweight by 6.3 kg. I am not loosing weight, instead, I am still gaining more pounds...( and not just pounds, but kilos)

This is quite alarming and badly needs attention on my end. If the continue gaining weight, I will end up obese and being obese, I will be facing more health complications. Although, very seldom we include pork in our meals, my rice intake is the culprit. I eat too much rice....

But before it is too late, I need to gain the determination to limit my rice intake. Otherwise, instead of taking care of my daughter, I might be the one she'll be taking care of.

More Touch of Adsense

2009-06-27T20:57:00.005+08:00

Ever since I implemented a new template for this blog site, I haven't returned my AdSense unit yet, only this day.

I am not supposed to go online today because tomorrow is Sunday and I need to prepare for the Lord's day. But since we had an early dinner and hubby is in the mood to read some stories for our dear princess before she sleeps, I have a little time to return my AdSense. Although, my earnings from AdSenseis not that significant yet, it is still an additional income if accumulated :)

I am really sorry I cannot blog hop at the momment, my time is so limited. I will be online on Monday for sure and I will have time to visit your posts.

I have to go now. Have a great weekend to all. God speed!

Busy with Badge

2009-06-26T14:22:00.006+08:00

For the last few days, I was doing some research on how to do the badge especially the image of the lady (as I commented on Mommy Journey's post entitled Badges). Last night, when I slept, I couldn't still see any hope that I'll be able to create one for me.

This morning when I woke up, I've decided to make my badge without that kind of image. I will settle for simple images. But God is good to me. When I typed in my Google search toolbar the keywords "mommy clip art", the result was really overwhelming. There were so many images which can be used for the badge for free. Even the images that I've been searching for days were included in the result. Excited as I am, I've downloaded all the images for future use. I was not only able to create my own badge, but also my friend's badge. I always want to share want I learned with others :)

I am really happy because I have my own badge now. I can already exchange badges with other moms. Please feel free to grab my badge by copying the code beside the badge. If you do, please leave me a note so I can return your kindness.

My next goal is to create my own signature... Way to go in my blogging adventure hehehe...

One Word Meme

2009-06-25T23:49:00.007+08:00

Mommy Chris of Mommy Journey passed this tag to me. Thanks Chris for sharing this to me.

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers. Be sure to tag the person who sent it to you!

1. Where is your cell phone? Near

2. Your hair? Black

3. Your mother? Disciplinarian

4. Your father? Chubby

5. Your favorite food? Spaghetti

6. Your dream last night? None

7. Your favorite drink? Coffee

8. Your dream/goal? Win

9. What room you are in? Bedroom

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Worm

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Philippines

13. Where were you last night? Church

14. Something that you aren’t? Slim

15. Muffins? Good

16. Wish list item? DSLR

17. Where you grew up? QC

18. Last thing you did? Drink

19. What are you wearing? T-Shirt

20. Your TV? Devant

21. Your pets? None

22. Friends? Few

23. Your life? Blessed

24. Your mood?

25. Missing someone? Paula

26. Car? None

27. Something you’re not wearing? Earrings

28. Your favorite store? Daiso

29. Your favorite color? Pink

30. When is the last time you laughed? Tonight

31. Last time you cried? Invitation

32. Who will resend this? You

33. One place that I go to over and over? Church

34. One person who emails me regularly? Impact-Admin

35. My favorite place to eat? Fazolli's

I want to share this to Techa, Beth, Sheila, Pinay Mama, Dothy, & EMC ,

Hit vs. Kiss

2009-06-24T14:15:00.003+08:00

When my daughter started to walk (which was a bit late) and started to explore our very small rented-house, she bumped to the wall, corners or table or other stuffs in our house from time to time. At first, I really get worried and I am the one who almost cried whenever she was hurt. To pacify her, I would ask her to hit the wall or the table or the object which caused the pain. I know that I am not the only one doing this. I've seen several moms doing this on their toddlers. Later on, whenever she would bump to any object and get hurt, she would hit that object.

God made me realized that this is not right. That I am teaching my daughter some kind of revenge . Although, the object she is hitting is non-living, the idea that she can hit the one that hurt her might be instilled in her mind and she might think that hitting others is okay. In doing this, I am not teaching my daughter to be obedient with the Word of God which states that "Vengeance belongeth unto God."

So I change my tactic. Now whenever my daughter bumped to an object, I would ask her to kiss the object and touch the object softly. This is kind of weird for others but I want to instill in my daughter's mind that she should love those who hurt her. I find it effective with my daughter. I also realized that there are inevitable pains that I should allow my daughter to experience.

Red is Go?

2009-06-23T07:42:00.005+08:00

Last Friday night, my husband, Jaypee, me and Ska headed to Cherry Foodarama Congressional to buy some grocery items, toiletries, and Ska's milk. On our way home, we took a cab. We were approaching an intersection when the traffic light turned red. Jaypee and l were surprised when my daughter recognized that Red traffic light signifies stop. She uttered the word stop and pointed at the traffic light. We agreed with her and we told her that she was very good. We were surprised because we haven't teach her yet about the traffic light colors. I think she learned it from the sign language show that I downloaded for her.

Unfortunately, the cab driver seemed to be in hurry and didn't bother to wait for the traffic light to turn green before crossing the intersection. Good that my husband was quick. He was able to distract my daughter's attention by pointing to the other traffic light which was green that time and told her it was GO. I was disappointed with the driver. He was not setting a good example as an adult. For sure, if my daughter can already ask a question, we will be doing a lot of explanation to her.

This experience reminded me of the old tv ad which had a slogan something like "Ang ginagawa ng matanda, nagiging tama sa paningin ng bata."

Potty Training Update #2

2009-06-21T14:20:00.001+08:00

Ska's potty training is still on going but with a big improvement. She no longer use diaper during day time for weeks now (big savings for me :)), except when we go out. There are still accidents but not as often as before. Before she would only say wee wee after she'd pee on the floor but now there are times that she would already call our attention if she need to pee, just like today. She approached me while I was cooking for our lunch because she needed to pee. Then, while we were eating, she approached our helper, because she wanted to poo. And surprisingly, she poo without any struggle. She usually cried when she wants to poo because she does not want to do it on the toilet bowl nor on her potty. I don't know the reason but she seems afraid of the bowl and the potty. Maybe because she is always constipated since we changed her milk.

I almost surrendered with this potty - training. We tried several approach to help her feel more comfortable when laboring(that is how we call it when she is defecating. As if she is delivering a child, lol!) The first approach I tried was I allowed her to sit on her potty with her undies and diaper. She would only sit for a few second then she would just play with her potty. I also tried to carry her on the sitting position while I was sitting on the cover of the bowl and place the potty on the floor, but no success! She would struggle with me for me to put her down. We would give her some toy or play with some bubbles to pacify her. But this approach came to an end. It came to a point that even we gave her some toys, she would continue with the struggle. I was already thinking that she's not yet ready for the training. For a while, I allowed her to do it by her own.

For the pee session, we usually bring her to the comfort room, few minutes after she woke up from her nap, after she drunk her milk or water or after 30 minutes to 1 hour after her last pee. We applauded her whenever she made it to the CR. And since we were doing this consistently, she got the idea that she is being applauded whenever she made it to the CR. Now, she's the one initiating the applause right after she peed.

Since I noticed that she wants to do the defecating standing, I tried to let her stand on the toilet seat facing me or the anyone who is holding her. This position is effective for her. Since we tried this position, she would not hesitate to approach us when she need to poo and the struggle is eliminated.

Next step is to train her sit on the toilet seat. It is along process but I am confident that she will be able to make it.

Image by Inmagine

No Contentment ... Yay!

2009-06-20T16:11:00.003+08:00

It was only recently when I changed my template. And now, I applied a new template. No contentment... huh? Actually, I really planned to change my template because the text of my posts were missing when you scroll the browser. But no plan to replace it immediately since I am busy with other things (RC, Paid Post hunting). I was visiting one of the mommy momments participants when I got fascinated with her template. I checked the maker and I accidentally browse this template. I find it clean and simply beautiful so I tried to apply it a couple hours ago just to test if it can be applied easily. And it is. Now, I am keeping this template (don't know until when hihihi). Isn't the template is clean and the posts are more readable? This template has a built-in read more function too. I hope you also like it and would make your visit more enjoyable.

See you around! Have a blessed weekend to all.

Much Awaited Meme - Mommy Momments

2009-06-20T01:52:00.004+08:00

Friday is my most awaited day for blogging. Because I am excited to see other moms' entries for Mommy Momments. Through this meme, I get to know other moms all over the Philippines, and even outside the Philippines. I may not be able see them face to face. But through their blogs, I get to know their opinions, views in life, style of living, beliefs, and many other things that I can create an image of them in my mind. Also, through this meme, I get to know other Christian moms in other places and learn some insights from their posts. And for me, this kind of opportunity is God's blessing to me.

For moms who visit my site and share their comments with me, accept my deepest thanks. I really appreciated your effort and time to visit my link. And thank you for being a channel of blessing to me.

Mommy Momments - That's My Dad!

2009-06-19T07:52:00.006+08:00

That's my hubby and my daughter's father!

I thank God for giving me a partner in life who loves God more than he loves me and my daughter. And that who is more after the Lord's work than his own career growth and personal desires. I am also thankful that though my husband is not perfect and has his own flaws, he is willing to be mold of God and be the man that God wants him to be. I am also blessed that my husband helps me in taking care of my daughter and doing some household chores. Sometimes, he can do the chores better than I can do it.

father and daughter in Red

daddy ko cleaning my ass...

bath time with daddy...

daddy's special day...

More That's My Dad entries? Visit The Mommy Journey's Mommy Momments

I Am In Love With A Vampire

2009-06-17T16:25:00.006+08:00

Since we got married and started sleeping on one bed, I discovered that my husband is a sleep-talker. He mumbled words during his sleeping time. Sometimes, I even tease him by asking him some questions and believe it or not, he can answer some of the questions correctly.

I am not also surprised when I discovered that my daughter do the same thing when she sleeps. There were times that they (my husband and daughter) seem talking to each other while they were sleeping. Thanks to staying up late at night that I really enjoyed these momments. Maybe next time I will record their conversation and let them hear it when they wake up.

Last night was totally a different thing. In the wee hours of the night, I was awaken by the sudden pain I felt on my flubby arms :D My husband was also awaken when I muttered pain. He immediately turned on the lights and checked my arms. The traces of his teeth were quite deep. He was really worried and kept on apologizing. He told me that he was dreaming that he was biting something and he didn't realize that he was actually biting my arms. I almost got mad at him but the good thing was I came to my senses immediately. Anger would not make the pain subside nor the wounds healed. Instead of getting mad, I just teased him. I told him that maybe my arms are really big that he thought it was a pork :D

Freebies

2009-06-16T18:04:00.002+08:00

Since I started to explore the world of digiscrapping, I was really amazed that there were really kind and gracious designers who share their work for free. Just a few hours ago, I was downloading great kits from these designers. I am truly grateful to these artists. Many thanks to all of you!

To share with you their works, below are their links.

http://twinmomscraps.blogspot.com/
http://kakleidesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.shabbyprincess.com/

If you want to join a community for digiscrapping, you may join http://coolscrapsdigital.com/ for free.

Web Hosting Hunt

2009-06-14T23:43:00.005+08:00

Recently, I read about a co-mommy blogger’s entry about her desire to have a separate website for her realty-state part-time work. As a web application developer, I offered my help. We were discussing about hosting and domain and she was a bit confused of the terms. Of course, I understand her perfectly because web development is not her cup of tea and probably, I also added some confusion because I was not able to explain the concepts in lay man’s term. Aside from that, we were only discussing via an instant messenger.

She mentioned to me that her budget is limited and she is looking for the cheapest web hosting possible. So next time I get a chance to talk to her, I will recommend Web Hosting Geeks to her. This is an independent site which conducts reviews of the best hosting providers. The site provides a table of the top ten best web hosts for this year including their corresponding features and bonus features. The table also contains a link to the review of the web hosting provider and the corresponding rate given to them. I will also recommend to her the Best Budget Web Hosting which is possibly fitted for her budget.
If you are also in a hunt for a web hosting provider, I strongly recommend that you visit Web Hosting Geeks first before you opt for a web hosting provider. The site will help you decide which provider is appropriate for your need because the facts about the providers are well-presented in the site. And if you are new to web hosting and you want to learn the basics about this technology, you may visit their Web Hosting 101 under the Web Hosting Geek’s Blog section. And if you are after VPS (Virtual Private Server) Hosting, you may also check the site’s Best VPS Hosting. So you see, Web Hosting Geeks caters information about web hosting from novice to amateur users.

So if you want to get the best, compare first with the rest.

Images are courtesy of Web Hosting Geeks.

An Independence Attack!

2009-06-14T14:57:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, since it was a non-working holiday, my husband and I brought our daughter to Rizal Park commonly known as Luneta. Our original plan was to brought our daughter to Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife (I thought it's National Parks and Wildlife, silly me! hehehe) for her to see the real animals she can identify in her posters and dvds (especially, monkeys like boots in Dora the Explorer) then proceed to Quezon City Memorial Circle for some strolling and biking.

But my daughter took her nap a bit longer and we were afraid that we may not be able make it to the Parks and Wildlife since it would close at around 5 or 6 PM. So we decided to visit Luneta instead since my daughter was never been there and the last time I visited the park was three years ago (if my memory do not fail me).

My husband and I both failed to anticipate that there might be some program being held there in the celebration of the Independence Day. We only realized it when we reached the place. But we were thankful that the park was not that crowded and we could still roam around.

After riding off from the cab (we don't have our own car :D), we headed to the area where there were fountains. We took some pictures of course. Suddenly, in just a nick of time that we took our eyes off my daughter, a litte boy, probably just few months older than our daughter, attacked our daughter. We just saw him bitting my daughter's head while tightly holding my daughter's face. I was really shocked and I immediately pulled my daughter away and carried her but I made sure that I would not make the damage bigger. The companions of the boy took the boy as well (they are farther from us) and just uttered, "nanggigil na naman." My daughter was too afraid to cry :( (I was the one who almost cried). She just bore her face on my shoulder and hugged me so tight. My husband checked her head and her face. There were three long scratches on her left cheek and another small one on her brow. Thank God that the scratches were not deep.

One of the companion of the boy said sorry but no one among them (they were three) checked the damage their boy had done to my daughter. I did not even heard them reprimanded the boy nor told the boy that what he did was wrong.

We just left the area and find another place. Maybe my daughter was just too happy to be in a new place and see fountains that she immediately forgot what happened. After a while, she already managed to walk again and utter her usual words. But she was not in the mood for pictures.

My husband was teasing my daughter that she should bite the boy also but I told my daughter that she should love the boy because the Bible says "Love your enemy." Of course, my husband was just teasing my daughter to lighten her mood.

How about you, what would you do if you were in my place? Or if you were the companion of the boy? How would you let the boy realize that his action was wrong?

Mommy Momments - Outdoor Fun

2009-06-12T00:53:00.006+08:00

Near our place is a playground, it is actually the baranggay playground. We (with my hubby) usually bring our daughter there to practice her locomotor skills. Before, she was a bit afraid to play but recently, she can manage to use the bigger slide, but of course with supervision. She would always want to use the swing but there are only two swings available and most of the time they were already occupied.

I also include her first outdooor fun outside the metro, although I am not sure if she really enjoyed :D

Would you like to share you outdoor fun? Visit Mommy Momments @ The Mommy Journey

My First Ever Approved Paid Post

2009-06-11T09:53:00.007+08:00

This is great morning indeed! As stated on the title of this post, my entry for a paid post has been approved. This is the second time I tried to submit an entry. The first one was rejected. The reason given to me was I have no site wide disclosure policy. I really feel disappointed because the price of the post was only $0.5 and yet it was still rejected. I didn't do anything to correct the reason. And I didn't logged on to the site for a while. I was already hesitant to continue this kind of sideline. I was already thinking that my english skill is not really acceptable and this kind of work is not for me.

After I got a Google page rank of 1, out of idleness, I visited the site again. And I am glad I did. During my visit few days ago, I was already qualified to several opportunities. Unlike before that I only had one or two. I decided to give it a try again and chose the one that I can describe well. The adage "Try and try until you succeed" holds true this time. After a second try, my entry was approved and I am so happy. Thanks and all glory belongs to my God.

Seeing Possibilities

2009-06-10T08:59:00.003+08:00

Devotional Scripture : Habakkuk 2:3 (King James Version)
For the vision is yet for an appointed time... It will surely come, it will not tarry.

Robert Chesebrough had a product in which he believed wholeheartedly. In fact, it was his own invention. Chesebrough had transformed the ooze that forms on shafts of oil rigs--rod wax--into a petroleum jelly that he personally found to have great healing properties. He believed so much in the healing aspects of his creation that he became his own "experimental subject." To demonstrate the benefits of his product for others, Chesebrough burned himself with acid and flame, and cut and scratched himself so often and so deeply that he bore scars of his tests for his entire life.

Nevertheless, Chesebrough proved his point and people were convinced. They only had to look at Chesebrough's wounds and how they healed to see the value of his product, which still is an international bestseller. We know it as Vaseline.

What do you see as a possibility today? Do you believe enough in its potential to help others that you are willing to invest your time, energy, resources, and hope into developing it?

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

__________
Taken from "God's Little Devotional Book for Men" by Lighthouse Books

Disclaimer: I am not the one who wrote this article. I just copied it from my email. I believe this article is worth sharing that is why I posted it here. I am not claiming it as my own but nonetheless I sincerely hope you that you will also be blessed by the story. God Bless!

Household Tip: Soap Optimization

2009-06-09T12:01:00.000+08:00

Did you noticed that we can't use our soaps to the fullest?(whether bath or laundry soap, as long as it is in bar form) There will always be some remnants that most of the times are really annoying because they mess our bathrooms. I will share with you how to use the soap to the last piece. This will not only help you prevent the mess but also maximize your soap to the fullest.

1. Watch out for the right time. If you think the soap will already break if you still use it, this is the perfect time. Don't wait for the soap to break.
2. Before you enter your bathroom for your bath, bring your new soap.
3. Use your new soap in bathing to make the soap wet.
4. Just before you finish your bath, get the old soap. Put the new soap and old soap back-to-back and apply some pressure to make them stick together.
5. Presto! No waste. You will be able to use the old soap with the new one until the old soap is consumed.

This is ready for your next use. You just need to be a little careful at first to prevent the soaps from separating, but as you use them, you will notice that they will become one and become inseparable.

Have you ever heard about Satellite TV?

2009-06-08T16:44:00.003+08:00

My curiousity as an eager-learner was piqued when I heard about Satellite TV. And because I faced the computer for more than eight hours a day, five days a week, finding out information about it was made easier for me . So as soon as I heard it, I opened a new browser and ask Mr. Google what is a Satellite TV. According to Mr. Google, this is the hottest and latest technology in tv broadcasting,(not really new since it started way back early in early 1990s but new to me because I only heard it recently), the successor of cable tv.

According to Wikipedia, this is a television delivered by the means of communication satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. So, this is the purpose of the disks I usually see on the roofs of the houses when I traveled to provinces.

As I continue to research about Satellite TV, I discovered that there are two major providers of Satellite TV, Direct TV and Dish Network. Both providers offer Digital Quality, Free Equipment and Free Installation. If you need to go into the detail before coming up with a best choice, visit Kaptain Satellite. This is a good site which provides updated facts on latest promotions, news and comments about the two satellite providers. Kaptain Satellite reviews, compares, and contrasts the packages, pricing, equipment and programming offerings from Dish Networks and Direct TV.
If you have LCD or plasma TV at home or cable providers are not available in town, satellite tv is the best alternative. And better check Kaptain Satellite first to avail the best package.

Monday Memory Verse: Proverbs 3:5-6

2009-06-08T00:00:00.004+08:00

It is a great thing to start the week with the Word of God. The Word of God exhorts, teaches and corrects us. The Word of God is also full of promises which we can claim whenever we need them. In this, I would like to encourage you to memorize simple verses from the Bible that would nourish your spiritual being. You can also share this verse with your kids or you can also share your favorite verses and share a little insight what makes the verse special to you.

It is easy to say that we trust God, but in reality, we always doubt God's capability to rule our life. He is the last that we remember when our lives our okay but the first to blame when we are in chaos. God does not ask for our half-hearted faith instead He is asking us to fully trust Him and do not depend our own strenght and ability. And if we do this, He will lead us to the path that He prepared for us.

May you have a great week ahead of you.

One Lovely Blog Award

2009-06-05T09:36:00.002+08:00

I am delightful to accept this lovely award passed to me by Mommy Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts. Thank you very much mommy.

I am passing this lovely award to other lovely blogs namely:

My Little Angels

Sweet Nothings

Thoughts Of A SHAM

Mom writes for a cause

Doctor, Doctor, I am sick again?

2009-06-02T16:27:00.005+08:00

My daughter is sick again, maybe because of the weather. She has colds & fever. Almost the same time last year, just after her first birthday, she got sick also. That was the time that her cough didn't leave her for so many months and we jumped from one pedia to another.

But today, I am thankful that her body can manage to cope up with her sickness. She's still a bit irritated but there is a big improvement now. She can still play, eat and drink her milk even she's sick. Unlike before that her body was really weak and she do not want to be carried by anyone else but me. I am praying her sickness will not last for long and will not result to complications.

Favorite Blog Award

2009-06-02T13:09:00.005+08:00

Thank you Mommy Ench for this award. I really appreciate it :)

I also love visiting your blog so I am passing this back to you and to other blogs that I frequently visit:

The Mommy Journey
Pinay Mommy Online
My Little Angles
A Blessed Life

New Template Implemented

2009-05-31T06:00:00.000+08:00

Greetings and may the grace and mercy of our Lord be upon us.

I have finally found the time to implement the template I customized for my other blog, My Daily Memory Verse. The truth is, I am excited to see the new look of this blog so I really "find time" to change the theme. Plus, I am also excited to know if the template I've customized will going to work.

Thank God it worked with no issue.

If you have time, you may want visit the blog and I will be very thankful to know your two-cent.

Note: Take note that I used customized because the I did not started the template from scratch. Check my previous post for the credits. I am giving the honor to whom it is due.

Blogging and Beyond

2009-05-30T00:00:00.004+08:00

Ever since I started blogging, I am always in a template-hunt appropriate for my other blog site, My Daily Memory Verse where I share the bible verses I memorized and share some insights too. Unfortunately, I can't find one. So, as explorer as I am, I tried to customize the template I got for My Scrapie Bookie I got this template from SimpleWP. I only get the layout but dress it with different shade of color. I also combined some elements I downloaded from digi scrap sites such as Shabby Princess, Twin Moms Scrap, and Scraps of Ellay.

I've been doing (should I say experimenting?) this template-making project for few days now. And finally, I was able to finish the last touch a while ago. I named it "All about green" for obvious reason that everyting in the theme is a shade of green.

I am willing to share this template for free except for the banner. I will just create an alternative banner if ever there is someone who likes to use this template. Based on the policy of the sites where I get the elements, I cannot share the graphics in any form. I do not want to violate their rules since they already allowed me to use their works for free.

I will implement the new theme for My Daily Memory Verse as soon as I have the time. I took some screen shot to share with you.

The detailed pageThe default page

Blogging does not only help me practice english language and writing skills (which I know I am not good :D) but it also allows me to learn new things.

Mommy Momments - Haircut!

2009-05-29T01:13:00.004+08:00

When my daughter was born, her hair is extremely thin so my husband and I decided to bald her after she turned one. Like any other new parent , my husband and I also want to treasure the firsts of my daughter. So even on her first hair cut, we want to get some memorabilia.

I heard from other moms that some salons are giving out sort of certificates for the first hair trim of the baby. My churchmate suggested a shop @ Trinoma thinking that the certificate and the hair cut will only cost 200+. But when we went there and asked for the package price, whoa! We were really surprised. It was 500+, too expensive for a hair cut. I was a bit hesitant but since we were already inside the shop, we just go for it and promised ourselves that we will no longer visit that shop again :D

Anyway, here are the pictures we took before, during and after my daughter's hair trim. I hope you enjoy them.

just before the start of the hair cutting session

the session started... my daughter was wondering what was being done with her hair

she was trying to recall if same thing happened to her before

she started to voice out her mild protest

..half-way done

...she was not happy with what was doing with her hair...

..she was trying to find out if there were some hair left

...she was given a small token for being behave during the session

... and this our reward for her... her first time to ride on a carousel.

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Color Blind Test

2009-05-28T10:30:00.004+08:00

Are you color blind? Do you want know if you are? Check this sites. http://colorvisiontesting.com/online%20test.htm and http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp.

This morning, my colleague identified a green button as gray. I asked another colleague to get another answer. And our answers are the same, the button is green. So I inquire my first colleague if she is color blind and ask her if she already undergone a color blind test. She thought I was referring to an internet site so I asked Mr. Google if there is an online Color Blind Test. And there is! Although it is just s sample test, you can already identify if you are color blind or not.

By observation, I know that my husband has a problem identifying colors. Just to confirm that he is really color blind and not just having a problem identifying the color names, :D I let him took the exam. And indeed, he is a color blind.

Climate Change

2009-05-27T06:00:00.001+08:00

Did you notice that it was terribly warm for the last few days? Many people are aware of the term "Global Warming" but I am thinking how many of these people are taking it seriously.

Recently, my husband and I were able to watch a part of a tv show discussing about the Climate Change. The show presented many undeniable evidences that we are now experiencing the effects of global warming. The show was very informative but unfortunately, we were not able to watch it from the start. I tried to search it over the net but it was not also complete. Only the introduction was uploaded. How I wish the show will be repeated not only in one channel but on all channels during prime time to cater awareness to the majority of the Filipinos.

Global Warming has a domino effect. The obvious effect of global warming is the rise in temperature. The rise in temperature is not onlyhappening in the Philippines, but all-over the world. This rise in temperature causes the melting of the polar ice which is the cause of the rise in the sea-level. The rise in sea-level means more lands will be occupied by the water. And this is one reason why there is flood in some areas even without rain. Not only this, the rise in sea-level will also penetrate the fresh bodies of water where we get our drinking water.

The worst part is that Philippines is an archipelago, we are surrounded with bodies of water. This means that we will be more affected and we will be the first to feel the effects. We will also be the least to be able to adapt to the change because majority of the citizens are poor.

There are many more negative effects of global warming. The rise in sea-level is jus one. If you want to read more on this topic you can check http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html. There are simple things we can do to help control the continuous rise in temperature. We need to act now, especially, us parents, because we have kids to protect and raise. We can no longer cure this environment disease but we can at least help not to aggravate the current condition of our atmosphere.

Turning Two

2009-05-26T12:05:00.002+08:00

My daughter will be turning two this friday, May 29. Hay... how time flies so fast -as if it was only yesterday when we celebrated her first birthday and now, in few days time, she'll already be two years old.

I can still remember the preparations we made for her first birthday - it took me a month or so to finish her birthday banner and invitations. We went to Divisoria for her party needs, give-a-ways and her gown. Although I wanted to make it memorable, my practical side as a mom also reigns. I go where I can save some money :D

Ska's Birthday Invitation (3R)

Ska's birthday banner (3" x 2")

Her 1st Birthday Cake

Ska's first ever gown

You probably have already guessed the theme. Yes, it was Dora the Explorer. Dora is the only cartoon character which my daughter can recognize during that time :D

But this year, my husband and I decided to make it a simple celebration. We just ordered a simple cake for her and that's it. We will reserve the effort and money for her 7th birthday, lol!

Monday Sickness

2009-05-25T15:10:00.002+08:00

Ever since I joined the Philippine work force (that was 1999), I am always hoping that weekend will never end and Monday will never come because Monday, as we all know, is the start of the working-days. Every Monday is a struggle day, a struggle to come to office and start the week working. Some workers, use the VL to escape going to office on Monday, that is why the term Monday sickness is coined. Many workers find working a burden not a blessing. I have the same mentally until I heard a lesson about being thankful on a Monday.

I realized that this is true. I should be thankful to the Lord that every Monday, I have a job to report to. That I am not included to the million Filipinos who do not need to wake up early because they don't have a work that require them to be do so. I should be a hundred times more thankful because God gave me a family-oriented company which allows me to work from home. I should be thankful because God gave me the strength and the complete body to work. So many things to be thankful on a Monday, isn't?

So whenever I feel a little bit lazy to get up on a Monday, I would just think that God gave me a blessing that needs to be taken care of.

IE Error?

2009-05-22T10:48:00.004+08:00

I don't know what is happening with IE but whenever I tried to visit other blogs I always encounter this error.

Not only with The Mommy Journey site but with all other blog sites I visit, this error happens. But with non blogger site, I don't encounter any problem... I am wondering if others encounter the same problem or is it only me.Is it my browser settings' problem or a user problem hehehe.

Anyway, s a work around, I am using Firefox to access blogger sites.

Please let me know if you encounter the same problem and if you happen to discover the solution :D

Bible Research 2009: Christian's Guide to Finding God's Will

2009-05-21T12:00:00.000+08:00

One of the major and most awaited summer activities in our church is the Bible Research. This year's Bible Research started last Tuesday, May 19, 2009 @ 5:30 PM and it end on tomorrow, May 22. This year's theme is Christian's Guide to Finding God's Will. Since it started, I have received many spiritual blessings. I am a bit regretful that I didn't learned these lessons before. But God is the god of second chance. He is very gracious to give us another chance if we commit mistake. But we must not abuse it because as a loving Father, He will definitely correct us and correction is most of the time painful.

Please allow me to share some of the lessons I've learned and my sincere desire is that you will also be blessed.

God's will is God's wisdom ordering the events of a human life by God's omnipotence for God's dual purpose: 1. Personal sanctification of the individual 2. Fulfilling His appointed ministry and service in the life of the people of God.

What is God's wisdom?

"What does the Bible mean when it calls God wise? In Scripture, wisdom is a moral as well as an intellectual quality, more than mere intelligence or knowledge, just as it is more than mere cleverness or cunning….Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.
Wisdom is, in fact, the practical side of moral goodness. As such, it is found in its fullness only in God. He alone is naturally and entirely and invariably wise." (Packer, Knowing God)

God's omnipotence
"…God the Father Almighty… It points to the basic Bible fact that God is the Lord, the King, the omnipotent one who reigns over his world.
Does omnipotence mean that God can do literally anything? No, that is not the meaning, There are many things God cannot do. He cannot do what is self-contradictory, or non-sensical. Nor canhe act out of character. God has a perfect moral character and it is not in him to deny it. He cannot be capricious, unloving, random, unjust, or inconsistent. Just as he cannot pardon sin without atonement, because that would not be right… The positive way to say this is that though there are things which a holy, rational God is incapable of intending, ALL THAT HE INTENDS TO DO, HE ACTUALLY DOES." (Packer, Growing in Christ)

So in this world, nothing is an accident and God does not do anything without a purpose and He reveals His will to us.

The Challenge is "Can I trust God that His will is the Best Plan for My Life?" Can you?

Summer Mini - Escapade @ Bakasyunan

2009-05-18T23:35:00.010+08:00

Last Saturday, May 16, 2009, My husband, my daughter, and I joined our company's summer outing held in Bakasyunan Resort and Conference, Iba Zambales. It is a 4 - hour long drive from Manila.

The resort has two swimming pools, one for kids and one for adults. The adult pool has a mini-slide. The resort also have beachfront facilities. Some of the cottages are facing the beach and are only few steps aways from the water of the beach. The water of the beach is clean; no floating dried sea-weeds, no sharp stones, and no unidentified floating objects. The sea is suitable for swimming because the waves are not big.

My daughter and my husband had a great time. My husband really loves water and this is the reason why I agreed to join the outing despite the long drive. I want him to enjoy. My daughter started to enjoy the water too. Last year, she was afraid of the sea. She was crying when she was placed in the water with her inflatable. But now, it was totally different. She was crying when we tried to get her out of the water because the heat of the sun is really terrible (although she has a sunblock, I do not want to risk her skin). She even attempted to jump to the pool by herself.

When the heat of the sun subsided in the afternoon, we tried to bring her to the sea. My husband pull her out from her inflatable and tried to teach her to swim. I can say she can easily learn how to swim because she can already move her legs correctly. Once in a while, my husband would allow her face touch the sea water. But she would just ignore it. After a few gasp, she would persuade her father to play again with her. My husband and my daughter really enjoyed the water while I enjoyed watching them.

We only had a day trip since it was a Saturday and we don't want to miss church the next day. We caught the last trip of Victory Liner at 7 o'clock pm. A bit tiring but I thank God for the joy that my daughter and my husband had.

My husband is trying to teach my daughter how to swim :D

My daughter is already playing with the other kids playing in the pool.

My daughter

Father & daughter bonding

Loyal Commenter Award

2009-05-18T09:17:00.003+08:00

I received this award from Chris of The Mommy Journey Thank you Mommy Chris. I find your site interesting and informative. I can also easily relate to your posts, hence, I find it easy to give my one cent.

Thanks again and may the Lord bless you and your family.

Mommy Momments - Silly Momments

2009-05-15T11:27:00.008+08:00

I have two sets of Silly Momments, one is for my husband and one is for my daughter.

This was taken while my husband was trying on my newly bought maternity dress :D

My husband is really fond of imitating my daughter's actions. My daughter is a thumbsucker until now and my husband was trying to imitate her while they were watching my daughter's dvd.

While this in picture, my husband is imitating my daughter's pose.

These pictures were taken when my daughter was only more than two months old. Whenever I share this pictures with my friends, they usually asked me how my husband encouraged my daughter to make face in front of the camera. My husband would simply respond, "it's innate with her" :D

My daughter has a special talent :D She can cover the holes of her nose by her lips. When she smells something bad, she will not use her hands to cover her nose, she would only pout her lips :D

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Friendship Chain

2009-05-14T15:56:00.004+08:00

~~Begin Copy~~
This is the easy way and the fastest way to :
1. Make your Authority Technorati explode.
2. Increase your Google Page Rank.
3. Get more traffic to your blog.
4. Makes more new friends.

Rules :
1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1. Picturing of Life
2. Juliana’s Site
3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.
4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space
5.My Family is my Life
6. The Simple Life of a Baghag
7. On A Wonderful Day Like Today
8. House Everything
9. The Creativity in Me
10. Travel and Photography
11. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
12. You Are My Sunshine
13.Song to Remember
14. Super Blog
15. Philiippine Tv Marathon
16.Simply Blue
17. Breaking the Boundaries
18. Top Five
19. A Simple Life
20. Simple Happy Life
21.Mom's Special Diary
22. The Mommy Journey
23. Online Mommy's Corner
~~End Copy~~

I am passing this tag to:

Pinay Mommy Online,

Princess Ishi's Diary,

and to

Watch Me Grow

2009-05-13T10:00:00.005+08:00

Today is the scheduled delivery date of the "Watch Me Grow" I made for my daughter. I am excited to see the printout. The size of this picture, 12x15 , is bigger than the usual 8R and but I only spent Php 106 for the print out and it will be delivered on my doorstep free of charge. What a great deal, isn't?

This is the soft copy of my daughter's "Watch Me Grow."

Post Mother's Day Tag

2009-05-13T08:00:00.002+08:00

I got this tag from Jes of Me, Myself and Jes. This is a bit late for Mother's Day but for me everyday is a Mother's Day. I am sharing this to all the mom's that may be able to read this tag. Please feel free to grab it :)

Before I was a Mom -
I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was a Mom -
I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on - Pooped on - Spit on - Chewed on, or Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and My thoughts. I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom -
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests...or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom -
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life
so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known The warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Send this to someone whom you think is a special Mom...

And remember that behind every successful woman......
is a basket of dirty laundry.

-Unknown

Woman of the Bible

2009-05-10T00:15:00.004+08:00

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and to all the mothers in the world. I writing my entry for Sunday on my other blog, when this idea comes to my mind. This is a bible quiz about the mothers in the Bible. This quiz is open to anyone especially to moms.

The instruction is simple. Identify the moms being described in each number. You may check your answer here.

1. She is the mother of all living.
2. She committed adultery with a king but her son became the next king of Israel. Her son was known for wisdom.
3. She was the mother of many nations.
4. She was first account in the bible who gave birth to a twin, but her favor is in the youngest.
5. She prayed for a child and offered this child again to God after weaning.
6. She was a moabitess, but became the great grand mother of the great king of Israel.
7. She was turned to pillar of salt.
8. She was the mother Paul spiritual son who also became a missionary.
9. Because of her kindness to a prophet, she was rewarded with a baby son who died but was also revived by the prophet.
10. This woman's husband died in Moab and also her two sons.
11. Blessed among women.
12. The mother of the one crying in the wilderness.
13. She was just a second wife. Her son was sold to a merchant bound for Egypt.
14. She was a handmaid of a princess who was given to her mistress's husband to bear a child.
15. She has an eye problem. She was the first wife but loved less than the second.

Is there anything too hard for THEE

2009-05-08T02:32:00.003+08:00

Most of the time, my husband and I read our bible together before we jump to our bed. But not today. My husband fell asleep first before my daughter. I have no choice but to read my bible alone.

We are in the book of Jeremiah, we supposed to read Jeremiah 32 today, but since he is already sleeping, I read it by myself. There is one verse that became a blessing to me. It is in verse 17. The Bible says "Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:" The phrase that struck me is the last phrase which says "there is nothing too hard for thee."

I may be carrying a heavy yoke nowadays, but the verse reminds me that there is nothing hard for the Lord. He can carry the weight for me and I believe that He will and I thank Him for that. God created the entire universe merely by words alone, is there anything that He can't do for me? Nah, I only need to trust Him. What a comforting promise from the Word of God, isn't?

My sincere desire is for anyone who will be able to read this entry will also be blessed by the verse.

8 Things

2009-05-06T17:04:00.005+08:00

Thanks to Mommy Chris of The Mommy Journey for this tag.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
have our own house
see my little darling's hair get long
buy an SLR camera
have more blogsphere friends
improve my page rank
release my current project
have a baby son
see my friend Paula again

8 Things I Did Yesterday
fixed dnn project issues
bathed my daughter
took a nap
blog hopped
posted potty-training update
searched dora award stickers and chart for potty training
posted comments
visited to my newly availed web hosting

8 Things I Wish I Could Do
I wish to travel to other countries with my husband and daughter
I wish I could earn extra income from blogging :D
I wish I could change my husband to be sweeter and more caring one :D
I wish I could lose weight in no time at all :D
I wish I could I have some money for the perm hair removal :D
I wish I could stop drinking coffee
I wish I could always have the time to blog and blog hop
I wish I could complete the 2 succeeding sections

8 Shows I Watch
Tayong Dalawa
News
(I don't have much becauseI don't often watch TV)

8 People I Tag
Ruby
Jes
Pinay Mama
Sheila
GvenRose
Dotsky

[Sorry it didn't reach eight :(]

Potty Training Update # 1

2009-05-05T14:42:00.003+08:00

I am so happy with my daughter. This is the first time that we had a successful potty training session. This is the first time she did not pee on the floor and on her undies. We were able to make to the comfort room. Though, she didn't still like to sit on her potty nor simply sit, she was able to pee and poo without her undies. She peed standing and when I noticed that she wants to poo, I carry her but positioned her as if she's sitting. And it was a success!

We started to removed her diaper during day time last week and since then, she would pee on her undies and even poo. She would only approach us after she have already done the crime :-D She can utter uumm ummm (the sound for persuading to poo) even before but she wouldn't like to sit on her potty. And once we remove her diaper, she will no longer poo.

This is a milestone for her and as a mom, I can see that it is a good sign of development.

3rd Wedding Anniversary Gift

2009-05-05T03:03:00.003+08:00

On the 12th of May, my husband and I will be celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary. I am planning to give him a token since last year I was not able to do so because I am about to give birth to our first child and we need to save every single cent for my delivery and for the months that we won't have any income.

Now, though we are not really that financially okay, but I believe he deserve a token for his graduation and our anniversary. I am planning to buy him a perfume from Scent. I want to give him another bottle of Cool Water By Davidoff. This was the first cologne I gave him. I like the smell of it because it is masculine yet not too strong. The cologne has a long-lasting effect that when he puts on it in the morning, I can still the smell the scent until the evening but the smell is not irritating. The price of the cologne from Scent is also within my budget :)

I can't wait to smell my hubby with the same scent again :)

Mommy Momments - Doctor, Doctor Am I Sick?

2009-05-04T08:55:00.005+08:00

This entry might already be late for the Mommy Momments last friday, but nonetheless, allow me to share the feeling of a mom when my child is sick. My daughter have an acquired asthma, meaning, her asthma is not hereditary. It is not from me nor from my husband's genes. Nobody in my family nor in my husband's family had an asthma. She is the first to have this sickness both in my husband's family and mine. The sad thing is that my daughter was very healthy before we transferred to our current apartment. I even brought her with me when I went to divisoria, not only once but twice huh but she never had any colds, cough or even a slight fever. She was not even 5 months old then. She get her asthma only here in our current apartment. It is because we have an inconsiderate neighbor who uses wood or coal for their cooking and uses their trash to start the flame, worst, they even use plastics. The smoke of the burning plastics, paper etc is coming in to our house through the kitchen screen. I didn't notice it at first, but when cough never leaves my daughter for a month and she already tried different prescription, I realized that the cause is the smoke.

Since then, every now and then, even if we already made some work around so that the smoke will no longer enter into our house, my daughter need to be nebulized whenever we hear her wheeze. It is really hard for my daughter that whenever she have a cold, her asthma will also attack. Series of nebulization, vomitting and endless crying will fill our small house during these periods. Really painful for me to see my child suffering :( I usually plead unto God to spare my daughter from the pain and I'll just take it for her. Hopefully, my daughter will overcome her sickness when she grows older.

Below is her pictures during the nebulization sessions.

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Death

2009-04-30T15:05:00.002+08:00

I deeply grieved for my friend whose father died last Tuesday morning, April 28, 2009. The remains of his father is currently lying in St. Peter(along Quezon Avenue). We visited him last night and spent sometime to chat with him. He mentioned to us that his father is using the life plan purchased by his aunt. The plan was transferred to his father and it was really a blessing to them because instead of paying the whole amount of 55,000 bucks, they would only need to pay the unpaid balance of the plan amounting to less 30,000 bucks. They almost saved a 50% of the whole amount. This is a big deal for them since they also spent money for the hospital bills and will still need to spend some more for the burial land.
While we were talking, I was contemplating to get my own life plan in preparation for the future. We all know that all of us will soon be facing the inevitable death, we just don't know when.For me, death is something that we should be prepared of especially if you are living in a third-world country where everything is expensive. This will free up our love ones from some expenses that our death may incur.
How about you? How do you see death? Is it something to prepare for or something to be afraid of?

Mommy Momments - Daddy

2009-04-25T15:37:00.007+08:00

Finally, its over! I mean, my hubbie is finally done with with his bachelor's degree. Their graduation was held in the quadrangle of his school, (RTU) -now his Alma Mater, last April 6, 2009. He finished his degree in four years time without any failing grades. Thanks be to God, for He answered our prayers.

He was so happy that finally he can rest from from doing his assignments, projects and most of all, he is now free from all the stress whenever there is an exam. I am also happy because finally he will no longer bug me with his projects and assignments. When he graduated, I also graduated from rushing word processing his paper works and cramming doing his research and most importantly, I also graduated from giving him his allowances hahahaha... So when he graduated, I am as happy as he is. Yahooo!

Kidding aside, I am really happy that my husband finished a secular course. There were times that he already want to quit, but I always encouraged him to continue. Though it was not really easy for us that I am only the one earning for the family, especially when I gave birth to our first baby. But by God's grace, we were able to manage it. We set aside any luxury or things that are not really necessary just to squeeze in the budget.

But its all worth it! The degree he earned cannot be stolen from him. It is something that cannot be bought with money. And someday, our daughter can look up to us an example. That education and knowledge is very important in one's life.

(the materials I used for the image are from Shabby Princess freebies)